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AWNING FIXTURE. APPLIGATION rum) AUG. 14, 1912.

Pategted Feb. 25, 1913.

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G. W. HAUSBR, JB. AWNING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1912 Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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. AWNING-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters l atent. v Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

Application filed August 14, 1912. Serial No. 715,044.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, GUSTAV \V. Hansen, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awning- Fixtures, of which the following is a'specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

.- closely disposed against the building wall when the awning is up or not in use.

Another objectofthe invention resides in the provision of an awning supporting arm and improved means for mounting the same upon the building wall whereby the awning will at all times be held taut or tightly stretched when in use.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved sectional laterally swinging arm for roller awnings, and means for mounting and supporting said arm in an elevated or lowered position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an awning fixture of the above character which is simple and durable in construction, may-be easily and quickly mounted in position for use and is yery efiicientgand serviceable in operation.

With the aboveand other objects in view as will become apparerit as the description procoeds, the invention consists in certain con- Figure l is a side elevation of an awning" provided with my improved supporting arm;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View the sectional arms being-shown in their folded position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sideelevationpartly in section illustrating the manner of mounting the arms: Fig. 4 is a plan View of the rotatable casting; Fig. is a detail section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the manner of connecting the awning arm to the horizontal cross bar.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following descriptionand desig- This invention relates to awning fixtures nated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring in detail to the drawings des-v ignates the awning top orcover which is adapted to be rolled or wound upon a roller 6 mounted at its ends in suitable supporting brackets 7 secured to the face of the building wall. Anyordinary or approved operating means for this roller 'may be provided. The improved supporting arm for the awning top Which constitutes the subject matter of the present application includes an outer section 8 and an inner arm section 9. The outer section of the arm has an angle plate 10 mounted upon-one end thereof, said plate being connected to the flattened end of the arm section 8 by means of the pivotpin 11. Upon the angle plate 10 one end of a hinged cross bar 12 is arranged and is'ri idly secured to said plate by means of the screws or other analogous fastening devices indicated at 13. The other arm section 9 of the awning fixture includes two parallel members 15. Each of these members has a casting secured upon one end thereof which includes a disk 16 and an attachingarm 17 which is adapted to be bolted or otherwise rigidly fixed to the end. of the member 1-5. The disks 16 on the ends of the parallel arms 15 are provided in their opposed faces with tion with the race-ways 18 of the disks 16 are adapted to receive a plurality of antifriction balls 21. l The disks 16 and 19 are held in their assembled relation by means of the pivot bolt 22 which is loosely disposcd through central openings provided in said disks. Thus it will be apparent that'the disk .19 on the end of the arm section-8 may freely rotate upon the bolt 22 between the disks 16 in the lateral swingi movement of the aria'sections which will again reterred to. in the following description. Be 'tween'theother ends of the'spacedmembers .15, *"a casting 23 isrigidly secured. This casting includes the disk 24 which is adapted 1 to be disposed between the spaced disks 25.

'The,di'sks24 and 25 are provided with ballreceiving race-ways 26 and 27'' respectively inthe'ir opposed faces to receive the anti- "friction balls 28, and a pivot bolt 29 extends centrally through the several-disks to retain the same in their assembled relation. The uppermost disk 25 is provided wlth a curved roller 6'. This arm is hingedly mounted 'upon aj pintle' 31. married by the plate 32 which is mounted upon the face of the building wall. The other "or lower disk 25 is also provided with an arm .33 which, however, is of less length than the arm 30. A plate 34 is hingedly mounted as at 35 upon the plate 36 which is secured upon the building wall. The plate 34 is provided with spaced openings 37 which receive the, pin 38, said pin being loosely disposed through an opening in the end of the arm 33. \Vhen the pin 38 is disposed through the opening in the outer end of the plate 34, the awning arm will be "supported in "an inclined position upon the wall ofthe building as shown in Fig. 1. By

removing said pin, the arm may be swung downwardly and inwardly against the face of" the wall, and the pin disposed through the opening 37 adjacent to the hinge 35 of 'the'plate 34 whereby tlie arm is held in its lowered position and swinging movement of t-he'same from, the pivot 31 of the arm 30 i effectually prevented.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the construction and manner of operation of my improved awning fixture will be fully understood? When it is desired to roll the 1 awning upon the roller 6, the armsections stretched taut.

8 and' 9 are forced inwardlyv and "folded upon each other so that they will lie in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this folded position of the arms,-the extension'of the bar supporting plates 10 are disposed alongside o the arms 30 and 33.- ,When the arm sections 8 and 9 are in their extended positions as shown in Fig.b1,

the top .or cover 5 of the awning wil A Owing to the manner of mounting the disks 25, it will be obvious that when the connecting pin 38-is disposed through the opening in the outer endof the plate 34, the supporting arm will be maintained in it-s inclined position and held I against movement in a vertical plane. The

awning may, however, be readily lowered by simpl removing the pin and placing it in the ot ier of the openings 37 as above.described. I p j While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of thevarious elements, it will be obvious that I the invention 1s susceptible of, considerable modification in the form, proportions and arrangements of the parts without departing from the essentiafeatures or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Havingtjhus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. The combination with the awning top,- of a supporting arm therefor, s 'aced attachingmembers for said arm a apted to be pivotally mounted upon a building wall for movement in a vertical plane, and means for adjusting one of said members with relation to its pivot.

.2. The combination with the awning top,-

of an extensible arm therefor com rising two sections pivot-ally connected an laterally foldable upon each other, spaced attaching members for said arm pivot-ally mountedu'pon a building wall, a vertically disposed plvot bolt connecting said membetween the attaching members upon said bolt, and means for adjusting one of said members toward and from its pivot. p

3. The combination with the awning top, of an extensible armconsisting of two sections, a slipportingtbar for the awning top, one of the arm sections being pivotally connected to said supporting bar, the other of the arm sections consisting of two spaced members,said first named arm section be- -ing pivotally mounted between one of the ends of said arm sections, a diskrsecured to the other ends of said spaced members, a

hinged plate adapted to be mounted upon the building wall, spaced disks each having an arm formed thereon, the arm of one disk being pivotally mounted upon the building wall, means for rotat-ably mounting the disk secured to said s aced arm members between the spaced isks, and means. for adjust-ably connecting the .arm of the other of said disks to said hinged plate.

4. The combination with the awning top, of an extensible arm consisting of two pivotally' connected laterally foldable sections, a hinged plate adapted to be mounted upon a building wall for movement in a vertical plane, spaced supporting members, one of the arm sections eing pivotallymounted between said supporting members for swingi-ng movement, a horizontal pivot'on the building wall to which one of the su port-- ingmembers is connected, said hinge plate being provided with spaced openings, and

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